#E4CD79#E4CD79

#E4CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.107 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD79
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -2.96, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 44.65, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0085 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.107 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2791, 61.5394, 26.9466)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD79 #7990E4

analogous

#E49779 #E4CD79 #C5E479

triadic

#E4CD79 #79E4CD #CD79E4

tetradic

#E4CD79 #79E497 #7990E4 #E479C5

square

#E4CD79 #79E497 #7990E4 #E479C5

split-complementary

#E4CD79 #79C5E4 #9779E4

monochromatic

#BD9C26 #DABA46 #E4CD79 #EEE0AC #F9F3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E4CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD79

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD79	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.107 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedca1',
    500: '#e4cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd79;
$custom-light: #eedca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84961,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD79

secondary

#465FBB

accent

#3FCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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